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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2000
Applicant:
Barry M. Nolte, Kirkland, WA (US);
Inventor:
Barry M. Nolte, Kirkland, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/44 (2006.01); G06F 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 9/45 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method, apparatus, and software are disclosed for collecting information relating to the execution of an application for use in analyzing the performance of the application. Probes are inserted at only those points in the application that would yield non-redundant information. As a result, the impact of the information collection process on the application is reduced, improving the usefulness of the collected information.